Non-refillable bottle.



G. H. SPAFFORD. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.14, 1902.

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95"1//0 lug/2.

PATENTED JULY '7, 1903.

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Uafrngys No. r733,293.

UNiTnD STATES latented July 7, 1903.

GEORGE lll. SPAFFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLlNOIS.

NON-REFlLLABL'E BOTTLE.

SEECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,293, dated July?, 1903. Application led October 1.4, 1902. Serial No. 127,279. (No model.)

To all whom it 11m/y concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnonenli. SPAFFORD, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of'Oook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, ofy

View of a bottle intended for contents of ay pulverulent nature.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. l, the letter ct designates the body of a bottle provided at its upper edge with an inturned shoulder o and also provided below said edge with a second inturned shoulder d2. On said latter shoulder rests a disk b, provided with a central spider h, forming apertures h2, and imiuovably secured in said spider is a verticallyextending open tube c for a purpose to be presently described. A cylindrical valveseat d is provided with an outwardly-extending flange d', resting on the top of the disk Zi and secured thereto by wax or a suitable cement d2, and said Valve-seatislocated directly above the apertures b2 and surrounds the upper end of the tube c, as shown. Ooacting with the valve-seat d is a valve e of substantially crown shape, provided with a soft-rubber or similar packing e', holes c2, below said packing, and a circular outwardly-extending ledge e3, which surrounds the cylindrical valve-seat when the valve is resting on the latter, as illustrated in Fig. l, and a ring-like weightfnormally surrounds the body of the valve and rests loosely on the ledge thereof to assist the valve to its seat and hold it thereon while the bottle is in the upright position. The valve-seat is preferably made of glass and the valve of wood. The neck g of the bottle is constructed separate from the body and is secured thereto by its skirt g being supported on the disk Z9. Cement h2 is filled in between said skirt and the adjoining wall of the body d, and before the cement is allowed to set a cap-piece 7L is inserted over the neck, said cap-piece being provided with au inwardly-extending shoulder h', which coacts with the shoulder ct' of the bottle-body to hold the cap-'piece on thel body after the said cement has been allowed to set. The interior of thel skirt g forms a chamber in which the valve e and its seating-weight may move. lVithin the base of the bottle-neck g, where it joins Vits skirt g', islocated a preferably wooden ring ,se'cured by cement setting in corresponding holes c" in the ring'and neck, and secured in said ringis a second cylindrical valve-seat j (an upper valve-seat, in contradistinction to the other valve-seat d) of any suitable 'material and with which coacts a cap-valve 7c, provided Witha soft-rubber packing 7s and holes 7a2, as shown. Two weights operate in connection with this upper valve 7c. One weight Z is a disk adapted to rest on the top' of the valve when the bottle is upright and said disk provided with marginal passages l', andthe other weight is a ball m, adapted to rest on the first-named weight when the bottle is upright and also adapted to roll or drop into a recess n2 in the adjacent surface of a bande-block n, which is preferably made of wood and which swells when wet to fit tightly in the upper end of the bottle-neck g. The said block is provided with passages fn', and secured to said block is a glass pin 0,which extends therefrom to the closed top of the neck, and a baffle-ring p rests loosely on the top of the block n. The bottle-neck is provided j ust below its closed top with outlet-apertures g2. lVhen the bottle is in the upright position, (illustrated in Fig. 1,) it is evident that no liquid can be poured past the upper and lower valves 7o and e. When the bottle is inverted, the said valves will move off their seats, and liquid can then flow out through the aperture h2, holes e2, into the chamber formed by the interior of the neck skirt g', and thence through the valve-seat j, holes k2, passages Z and n, and outlet-apertures g2. Y While the liquid is flowing out as described air is iiowing in through those passages and apertures ICO is inverted the said valves will iioat up to close their valve-seats, and thus prevent such an attempt.

The bottle illustrated in Fig. 2 is intended to be used for effervescing powders and similar pulverulent substances and differs from the other bottle just described mainly in that the lower disl; q has no central spider, because the air-tube c is not employed, also in the fact that the second or upper valve mechanism is not employed, but one valve is used, and also in the fact that the valve e is provided in its upper surface with a recess e, complementary to the recess n2, to receive the ball-weight fm.

Both bottles are preferably provided with graduations, as illustrated in the drawings.

Having thus fully described iny invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a non-reillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat through which the contents of the bottle must pass; a valve mechanism adapted to control said valve-seatand including a valve carrying a loose weight; a battle-block above said valve; and a ballweight interposed between said valve meehanism and said baffle-block, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a non-retillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat through which the contents of the bottle must pass; a valve adapted to control said valve-seat and provided with an outwardly-extending ledge; and a ringweight loosely supported on said ledge.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a valve-seat through which the contents of the bottle must pass; an air-tube supported within said valveseat; a Valve adapted to control said valve-seat and to open and close said air-tube; and a battle-block above said valve, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a disk in the body of the bottle; a cylindrical valve-seat secured in said disk and projecting upwardly therefrom; a crownvalve adapted to seat on said valve-seat and provided Wit-h a-n outwardly-extending ledge; a ring-weight loosely supported on saidledge; a baiiie-block above said valve and provided in its lower surface with a recess; and a ballweight interposed between said valve and baffle-block and adapted to fall into said recess when the bottle is inverted, as set forth.

5. A non-refillable bottle, comprising a body provided at its upper edge with a shoulder, CL', and below said edge with another shoulder, d2; a neck provided with a skirt supported by said last-named shoulder and secured thereon by cement; a cap-piece, h, surrounding said neck and resting on the rst-named shoulder, Ct'; and a valve mechanism in said neck designed to prevent the passage of liquid to the body, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. SPAFFORD.

'Vitnesses:

M. SALMoNsoN, L. A. SCHANBEL.

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